Mohammed Obeid al-Muhsin

Mohammed Obeid al-Muhsin, also known as Abu Kharja, was an Islamic State commander during the Syrian Civil War. al-Muhsin was a regional senior commander in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, and he was responsible for a series of theft and murder crimes during the civil war. He joined IS in 2014 and was responsible for field executions of civilians and rebels who were captured in the fighting, and he tortured a captive Yazidi woman to death. On 3 October 2017, he fled to the areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces in al-Hasakah Governorate, surrendering to the Kurds.